Israels nukes, not Syria: Man kicked out from Trump-Putin summit says AP misquoted him
Political activist and writer Sam Husseini, who was ousted from a joint media conference by Vladimir..
Political activist and writer Sam Husseini, who was ousted from a joint media conference by Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, accuses the media of lying about his goal at the event. He had a question about Israels nuclear arsenal.
Husseini, a contributor to The Nation who also wrote for a number of major media outlets as well as the media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), was evicted from a media conference held by the two presidents on Tuesday in Helsinki.
The news agency Associated Press (AP) quoted him as saying that he had a question “on Syrias nuclear policy” and the nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia.
Husseini says AP misquoted him and that he wanted to hear Putins and Trumps opinion on Israels clandestine nuclear arsenal, the existence of which the Jewish state neither acknowledges nor denies.
In further tweets Husseini called the AP story by Jari Tanner a “piece of garbage” that has spread to other media outlets. He added his ousting from the event was falsely attributed by many to Russian officials, while in fact the decision was made by Finnish security. The statement even made it to his Wikipedia page.
My @Wikipedia entry has anti Russian propaganda. They were Finnish government officials, not Russian. But Finland is branded as zenith of press freedom, so many cannot seem to process their form of oppression. pic.twitter.com/JpoqagW3ey
— Sam Husseini (@samhusseini) July 18, 2018
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